The biggest thing with the laced, penciled and even barred to some extent is people get too focused on those elements. You need the pattern or color to keep producing the variety but they all can't be winners. Folks will breed to better pattern first and that will take the birds in a wrong...
That's the first photo taken of her. Everything came together with her right down to yellow legs. Got VERY lucky. Her hatch mates have dusty black legs, drooping tails or poor penciling. Lucky indeed. The other pullet breeder has good form, only lacking in penciling area but as you say we can...
Thanks for the eye candy Fred. All beautiful birds but can't stop drooling at that White's form. For fun I'm going to run out and see if I can get a candid of one of the two that I'll be breeding.
It's cold and windy today so is the best pose I could wait for. Not too bad for SPPR.
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Check out those beauties in Fred's avatar! Breeder quality standard bred Rhode Island Reds are a striking bird and better layer than standard bred Rocks. Matt1616 here has some fine New Hampshire and stunning White Rock too.
As you know I have the Silver Penciled. It took persistence and luck...